lol..just wait until you start playing the premier teams.
The Leafs have nowhere to go but up...that being said to go from second worst in the nhl to the playoffs in one season is almost unheard of. I don't think everyone can be confident about predictions 2 games into the season, when we hit game 25 we shall see.
I still think that the leafs are on the outside looking in this year, but the rebuild is going better than in the past. Don't take it personally, my habs could very well be in the same position.
Leafs are an injury away from a long losing streak. To make the dance they need to stay healthy, and that doesn't always happen...especially since you guys have a lot of "goons". Goons don't deter players from taking runs at stars players anymore. If anything the 2 minute instigation penalty given for coming to a team mates defense encourages teams to go after guys to sucker the other team into bad penalties. If Kessel gets a booboo you guys are going to be ed.
So far you guys barely beat a habs squad missing 3 of their top players, and a Ottawa team that is going to be one of the worst sens teams in quite a while. The sens are in that weird place right now...they have aging superstars, a few good players here and there, and goal tending that is even more unproven than Montreal's.
I actually hope that the leafs can squeak in, this way i can listen to leafs optimism with a straight face, and i would rather see a hockey market make it in than a useless US market that no one gives a about(like tampa..it is too bad too because tampa is going to be pretty damn good). Last year it was finishing the preseason with an almost perfect record that had leafs nation thinking big (we all know how that turned out) , now it is a 2-0 start.
good luck either way_man...I can't wait until the leafs play the habs one day in the playoffs. It might not happen again in our lifetime:p
As far as price goes...we have to give him the benefit of the doubt. I think it certainly doesn't hurt that we started the season on the road. He proved that he can play with confidence and not give up bad goals when we fall behind (one of his big problems in the past....carey is a great goalie when he has the lead, he used to get lost when he didn't have it). At 23 years of age, he is still very very very young to be a starting goalie in the nhl, it doesn't help that he is playing the position in the hardest market to do so. Hopefully the failures of last year lit a fire under his ass...it most certainly did i think, because he showed up to training camp in the best shape of his young career.
The key to carey having a good year all depends on the team playing in front of him. If you look at halak's numbers last year compared to his, they were very close to each other in every way except the wins and losses. Carey didn't play as bad as everyone said he did last year, most of the time he simply did not have any goal support from his offense. You can be the best pitcher in MLB (i'm not calling carey the best just an example)...but if no one scored runs for you, you can have an era of 1.00 and still lose every game.
I really can't wait for markov to be back...markov and PK oh the pp might be one of the best offensive d pairings in the league.
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pay attention to the isles d man.
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pay attention to the isles d man.
lol
Lol, love to see someone givin it back to Avery once in a while :p
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avery's reaction is priceless.
he looks to the ref like wtf.
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what a dirty hit from behind.
big loss for buffalo, good for me, but no one really likes to see cheap play like this. You can count on a 5 game suspension at the least i think,
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much better watching him hit
Renzo
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colton orr sucks.
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nice little top ten hits vid of one of my favourite defensemen of all time..
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rangers had some guy from kiss sing for their home opener and he sucked total ing ass. they cut that off not even midway through. HAHAHAHAA
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vid?
i just watched the buffalo home ceremony for their 40th anniversary (it wasn't even their first home game)...and it was beyond sad and pathetic.
man hockey is one sport that does not need ceremonies....just dirty hits.
